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Pyralosis polycyclophora

Pyralosis polycyclophora is a species of snout moth in the genus Pyralosis. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Malawi, Namibia and South Africa.

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Length
106 w
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Source
Pyralosis polycyclophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Pyralosis
Species:
P. polycyclophora
Binomial name
Pyralosis polycyclophora
(Hampson, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Hypsopygia polycyclophora Hampson, 1916

Pyralosis polycyclophora is a species of snout moth in the genus Pyralosis. It was described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Malawi,1 Namibia and South Africa.2

References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Hypsopygia polycyclophora​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pyralosis polycyclophora (Hampson, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 1, 2018.